Needed Items

We offer four ways for you to help our deployed Soldiers with supplies.

1. Of course the easiest way to facilitate a Care Package shipment is to make your secure, online donation here through PayPal.

If you choose this option, your contribution will either furnish postage for the packages or buy supplies that have been chosen and customized for each deployed unit. We would purchase the requested goods for you, package them, and ship them.

This is the simplest option for you.

2. If you want to order predesignated products just for our Soldiers, go to smile.amazon.com and sign in. There is a Soldiers Care Package Outreach Charity List with many items to choose from. Amazon will ship them to us.

3. However, if you want hands-on for your Care Package, there is a list below of suggested items. You can use this list to buy products that (1) you can mail to us for processing, or that (2) you can mail directly to a Soldier who you may already know, or (3) (the most popular) bring your donations to our office at the First Baptist Church of Hingham if you are near or in Hingham, MA, and deposit 24/7/365 inside our brown Donation Trunk in the parking lot to the right side of the church.

4. If you are not inclined to shop for specific items, you can help with postage funds which are exceedingly needed. We cannot mail our Care Packages without money for postage. You can mail a check to Soldiers Care Package Outreach, 85 Main Street, Hingham, MA 02043.

Suggested Care Package Items:
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NOTE: Please remember that items must fit inside Priority Mail APO/FPO boxes (12"x12"x6")

Ace bandages
Air fresheners (no aerosols, no plug-in’s; stick-ups and car types are good)
Aloe Vera (for burns)
Antibiotic cream (ex. Neosporin)
Athlete’s foot cream (no aerosols)
Baby wipes (unscented, refill packs)
Bandaids (travel packs)
Bandanas
Body powder
Books (used is OK) (paperback or hardback)
Boot laces
Breath fresheners
Breakfast bars
Chapsticks or lip balms
Coffee (ground)
CoffeeMate
Dental floss
Deodorant
Duct tape
DVD's (used is OK)

Eye drops
Feminine hygiene items (no aerosols)
Fly strips, DEET, Skin-So-Soft
Foot powder
Gum
Hand/body lotion (unscented)
Icy Hot patches, Bengay
Lens cleaner for glasses
Magazines (current and used)
Men’s cotton boxers (solid colors, size M, L, XL)
Mosquito repellant (no aerosol)
Mouthwash
Munchies: (Little Debbie snacks, jelly beans, Pringles, hard candy (individually wrapped), mints, trail mix, Jerky, Slim Jims, Cracker Jacks, sunflower or pumpkin seeds, snacks that are nonperishable and non-crushable, Tootsie Rolls, Gummy Bears, raisins, licorice twists,

Fig Newtons, Oreos, Skittles, Peanut Butter Granola Bars, M&M’s, but no meltable chocolate that is not individually wrapped!)
Nail clippers, emery boards
Nasal spray (saline is good too for dusty and sandy environments)
Oatmeal (instant)
Pain relievers (Advil, Motrin, Tylenol, Aspirin)
Peanut butter (small jars)
Pencils and pens (black ink only)
Pepperoni
Personal cards, notes, children’s drawings
Playing cards
Popcorn packets (microwavable)
Pop-top cans of fruit, ravioli, etc.
Powdered, presweetened, & in packets (tea, Kool-aid, Gatorade, lemonade, hot chocolate)
Prepaid telephone calling cards (AT&T)
Protein bars, granola bars, power bars
Q-tips
Razors (disposable)
Recreational items: Cards, dominoes, poker chips, dice, board games, baseballs, horse-shoes (remember they must fit into a flat rate 12”x12”x6” shipping box)
Rolaids, Tums
Seasonings: Spices, seasoning salt, BBQ sauce, hot sauce, bacon bits, Dash
Sewing kits (small)
Shampoo and conditioner
Shaving cream (no aerosols)
Soap, body wash
Socks (wool/cotton blend or 100% wool; black; size 10-13)
Soup (packets of instant soup, Ramen noodles)
Sunscreen with high SPF (no aerosol)
Throat lozenges or cough drops
Tissues (travel size)
Toothbrushes & toothpaste
Tuna or chicken salad in foil packets
Word puzzle magazines
Writing pads & envelopes
YooHoo chocolate drink boxes
Ziplock baggies

Important: What not to send:
Aerosols and other pressurized products
Liquids in glass containers
Expired food
Items that may leak
Items in worn condition
Any contraband items such as live plants, tobacco, alcohol, nudity, etc.
Anything that will melt in 110 degree heat.
**Oversized items that will not fit in Priority Mail APO/FPO boxes (12"x12"x6")**